fi trucks will up garden refuse and other iWicIes normally up by regular collection lace in containers at curb SING CLEAN j OF MAIN ST rfTown EAST OF MAIN ST May 23 May 24 ALEX HANDS Chairman Garbage Committee Here Right Way To Start A Lawn lot of advice that people get frills into two Some hotly tells you after you have already found out the hard way or it comes too Into to do any flood A lot of about lawns Is this as the tourist at Wind sor Castle found out She was imprest the thick green turf and approached a to find nut how it was done He listened to her request and then gravely answered Weil of all Madam you have to start about years ago A man that isnt much help to people who arc trying to their lawns this year but the department of agriculture la Beware The Garden Gyp This is time of year when many householders are going to be approached by unscrupulous salesmen of topsoil peat moss manure and oilier gardening aids There are recorded s KV ME AND OVER TWO MILLION IN ONTARIO I FROM UNEXPECTED BILLS I 1 r ASSOCIATION TORONTO ONTARIO of ordinary soil mixed with carbon black coal dust and offered as topsoil and old sawdust sold as manure- Many gardeners have purchased top- soil only to find that it was full of weed seeds sticks stones sods and other junk The average gardener since he doesnt have the testing facilities of the On tario Agricultural College can not determine the quality of the soil that is delivered The department of agriculture advises this know the man with whom you arc dealing and know where he is getting his soil As for peat moss there is nothing it Will do that well rotted manure or good compost cant do better at a lower cost Peat moss with not help grass or plants since the plant nutrients have been leached out A good top dressing material for estab lished lawns Is compost passed through a halfinchmesh screen or screened No more than a quarterinch should bo applied at one time Repeated light treatments give better re sults than heavier ones at long intervals Spread it evenly over the surface and rake it into the grass New Lawns The time and money expended on a lawn will be wasted if the ground is not thoroughly pre parer before seeding You wouldnt build a house without a proper foundation and the same care must be taken in preparing the ground before seeding At most new homes the will be gone and must be replaced to a depth of five to six inches The natural grade for the lawn is one where the land slopes gently from the house on all sides to allow surface water to run off gradually without caus ing erosion A desirable slope is a fall of one quarter inch to the Where the slope is more than three quarters of an inch lo the foot the construction of terraces Is advisable To ensure good growth of grass the application of is necessary Twenty percent superphosphate raked in just be fore seeding or sodding at the rMe of to pounds per encourages root if one taste and youll agree theres a i I MM fi5 saw growth An treat- is to apply to jgj pounds of or similar fertilizer Manure is always good but should be applied hi the fall The Seed Bed area should be rolled and raked to produce a fine level seed bed At seeding time there should be no lumps on the stir fate and most of the soil should be fine as sifted ashes A newly graded soil should he allowed to settle before sowing grass seed watering helps to settle a loose soil ami also shows any low areas Seeding The best seed mixture for the area around Newmarket is one containing Kentucky blue grass percent Colonial bent per cent and Creeping rod fescue percent Late summer and early all are the best times to start a lawn but spring sowing can done If the soil is not ton cold and damp since irregular germ ination may result seeding should not he attempted unless you have plenty of water- It is poor economy to skimp on seed The seeding rate is three to five pounds to square feet Crass seed is ex light some species eon tabling as many as million seeds per pound so calm weather is necessary to ensure even dis tribution Divide the seed in half and sow half in one direr lion and the other half at right angles to it After seeding the soil raked lightly to cover the seeds to a depth of about one quarter inch Raking in one direction only instead of hack and forth pre vents nutting the seeds into channels Instead of raking a light cov ering of screened can be The area should ho rolled to firm the soil around the seed and encourage rapid uniform term ination The roller must be kept dry so that it will not nick seed There should be thro Unci roll in aft germination to press lb heaved round down and aftr the firs cutting Water be annl to keen the soil moist until the seed germinates Use a fine spray avoid uncovering the seed The area should be uni formly moist but not saturated Mowing your grass a chance to start 1 fore mowing New grass may be clipped lightly when it is about two and a half inches food of grass is produced above ground in the leaves The depth and strength of the roots of grass are almost exactly pro portional to the top Established lawns should not cut shorter than one Inch excessive close cutting is respon sible for much of the difficulty experienced on many lawns Thin grass weeds and lack of resistance to drought are com mon sights of loo close cutting The first cutting after should left on the ground as mulch When grass is left too long heavy p I g result which tend to smother the grass so cut it often cut it lightly and leave it on fcj This was the wicked Satan concerning that upright man of old hut there many in the present whom it may asked with jus tice for they hive fashion because them but if thing ill with them they would up their boasted faith in if they can clearly from time of their supposed conver sion the world has prosper ously with them they will love God in their poor carnal way If they adversity they rebel against the Their love is the Jove of the j table rather than of the love of the cupboard not the master of the house Ah for true Christian he expect- to have his reward in the next win let Vrdn i evening fejw rther than in f court J3tirlA tVirri J that and to endure hardness in The promise of the old covenant is prosperity but the promise of the new is adversity Remem ber Christs words Every branch in me that not fruit He away and every branch that fruit what He it that it may bring forth more fruit If you bring forth fruit you will have to endure affliction Alas you say that is a terrible prospect But this af fliction works out such precious results that the Christian who is j the subject of it must learn to rejoice in tribulation because when tribulations abound so his consolations abound by Christ Jesus Rest assured it you are a child of God you will be no stranger to the rod Sooner or later every bar of gold must pass through the fire Fear not but rather rejoice that such fruitful times are in store for you for in them you win be weaned from earth to heaven and you will be 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